Grain-stooker.



A. CZERNICK.

GRAIN STOOKER.

APPLICATiON FILED MAR. 29. 1918.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET .1-

A. CZERNECK.

GRAIN STOOKER.

APPUCATION FILED MAR. 29. I918.

Patent-ed Oct. 22, 1918.

3 SHEETSSHEET 2- A. CZERNICK.

GRAIN STUOKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29. 1918.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

3 SHEETSSHEET 3 l/r/mssas ANTON CZERNICK, OF REG-INA, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

GRAIN-STOOKEB.

Application filed March 29,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON GzERNIoK, a subject of the King of Great Britain,,residing at the city of Regina, Province of Saskatchewan, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Stookers, of which the following is a specification.

and accompanying drawings forming part of the same.

The drawings.

to the binder deck, that the sheaves leaving the same will be deposited in the sheaf receiving and shocking means.

The sheaf shocking means B comprises a frame 11 closed on three sides but open to the rear end. This frame rotatably supports a basket 12 of semi-cylindrical formation which is provided on opposite sides with stub crank members 13 the outer ends of which are rotatably supported on said frame.

These crank members are supported by links 1 1 with rods 15 the outer ends of which are connected to the transversely extending member 16, the said rods being slidably mounted in the frame 11 so that on rotation Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

1918. Serial No. 225,590.

of the cranks 13 reciprocating motion is transmitted to the rods 15 and consequently to the member 16.

The member 16 carries a packingelement 17 which is of unique construction comprising a pair of arms 18 secured to the member 16 and slidably mounted in the frame 11, these arms being arranged in parallel relation and connected by a transversely extending member 19 which is offset intermediate of its length for a purpose to be made clear hereafter. One of the crank members 13 is provided with a sprocket wheel 20 which is connected by the chain 21 with the sprocket wheel 22 mounted on the spindle 23, rotatably supported on the frame 11. This spindle is provided with a crank arm 24 connected to the flexible member 25 which is designed to pass around the pulleys 26 and 27 and be connected to the lever 28 located adjacent to the drivers seat 29. The basket 12 is provided on its under face with a pair of bearings 30 rotatably supporting the rod31, which is provided with an offset crank end 32 carrying a cam roller 33 designed to engage with a curvilinear cam race 84: operatively mounted on the frame 11.

The rod 31 is connected by the link 35 with one of the crank members 13, and this rod is further provided with a pair of arms 36 which normally lie along the under face of the basket 12 and are provided with upturned ends 37 forming fingers designed to engage with the sheaves delivered to the bottom of the basket.

The frame 11 is supported by the ground wheel 38.

The assembly of the several parts will be readily understood from the foregoing description.

When a binder equipped in this manner is in use, the sheaves as they leave the binder deck are delivered to the basket collector 12 and when the desired number of sheaves have been so collected the driver actuates the lever 28 transmitting the motion through the flexible member 25 to the spindle 23. This spindle is thus rotated and transmits its rotary motion through the sprocket 22, chain 21 and sprocket 20 to the crank member 13 thereby rotating the basket collector 12 about two thirds of a revolution so dumping the sheaves collected in the basket in the form of a stook.

During the rotation of the basket 12, the member 17 is reciprocated, so that while dumping the sheaves the heads are bunched together in a manner best calculated to spread the butts of the sheaves and form a mitting them to be readily dumped.

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When the sheaves have been dumped to form a shook, the basket 12 is returned to its normal position preparatory to collecting the number of sheaves necessary to form another shock when the above operation is repeated.

From this description it will be seen that I have invented a sheaf shocker which can be advantageously utilized by farmers, resulting in a considerable saving of time and labor, the said shocking device being capable of being attached to any of the usual binders at present in use.

As many changes. could be made in the above construction and many apparently widelydiiferent embodiments of my invention, constructed within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with a binder, of a sheaf receiving basket'arranged adjacent to the binder deck, stub crank members rotatably supporting the basket, a packing mem ber arranged at one end of the basket, means for rotating the basket and simultaneously reciprocating the packing member, fingers adapted to engage with the sheaves delivered to the basket and means for actuating the fingers simultaneously with the rotation of the basket.

2. The combination with a binder, of a sheaf receiving basket located adjacent to the binder deck, stub crank members 'rotatably supporting the basket, a packing member at one end of the basket, linkand rod'mecha-' nism connecting the packing member to the stub crank members, a rodrotatably mounted below the basket, fingers carried by therod designed to engage the sheaves in the basket, means for rotating the basket, and link a cannon the crank end, a curvilinear cam race co-acting with the cam, fingers on the rod below the basket, and means for rotating the basket.

In witness whereof I havehereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

' ANTON CZERNIOK. \Vitnesses i HARRY EVVEN,

Jon CznRNroK.

"Washington, D. G. 

